Little slice of France off Newfoundland coast - SFGate Little slice of France off Newfoundland coast Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an isolated archipelago, offers an authentic dab of French soil on Canada's doorstep By Spud Hilton , San Francisco Chronicle Published 4:00 am, Sunday, November 16, 2008 Photo: Spud Hilton, The Chronicle Image 1of/11 Close Image 1 of 11 The lighthouse at Pointe aux Canons looms over the harbor in Saint-Pierre. Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French soil. It is a blend of Icelandic weather and geography and rural Normandy culture.SPECIFIC CUT TK.7/18/08 in Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.travel_stpierre20.jpg less The lighthouse at Pointe aux Canons looms over the harbor in Saint-Pierre. Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French soil. It is a ...

more Photo: Spud Hilton, The Chronicle Image 2 of 11 A mileage marker in Saint-Pierre gives distances for other French holdings and cities. Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French soil. It is a blend of Icelandic weather and geography and rural Normandy culture.SPECIFIC CUT TK.7/18/08 in Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.travel_stpierre19.jpg less A mileage marker in Saint-Pierre gives distances for other French holdings and cities. Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French ... more Photo: Spud Hilton, The Chronicle Image 3 of 11 The residents of Saint-Pierre are French citizens, and they bristle at an comparison to French-speaking Canadians. Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French soil.

It is a blend of Icelandic weather and geography and rural Normandy culture.SPECIFIC CUT TK.7/18/08 in Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.travel_stpierre17.jpg less The residents of Saint-Pierre are French citizens, and they bristle at an comparison to French-speaking Canadians. Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, ... more Photo: Spud Hilton, The Chronicle Image 4 of 11 Scenes from around Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French soil. It is a blend of Icelandic weather and geography and rural Normandy culture.SPECIFIC CUT TK.7/18/08 in Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.travel_stpierre21.jpg less Scenes from around Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French soil. It is a blend of Icelandic weather and geography and rural ...

more Photo: Spud Hilton, The Chronicle Image 5 of 11 The harbor at Saint-Pierre town in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French soil. It is a blend of Icelandic weather and geography and rural Normandy culture.SPECIFIC CUT TK.7/18/08 in Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.travel_stpierre16.jpg less The harbor at Saint-Pierre town in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French soil. It is a blend of Icelandic weather and geography ... more Photo: Spud Hilton, The Chronicle Image 6 of 11 Scenes from around Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French soil.

It is a blend of Icelandic weather and geography and rural Normandy culture.SPECIFIC CUT TK.7/18/08 in Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.travel_stpierre100.jpg less Scenes from around Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French soil. It is a blend of Icelandic weather and geography and rural ... more Photo: Spud Hilton, The Chronicle Image 7 of 11 Image 8 of 11 A monument honoring fisherman lost at sea watches over the harbor in Saint-Pierre, its back to the Cathedral. Scenes from around Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French soil. It is a blend of Icelandic weather and geography and rural Normandy culture.SPECIFIC CUT TK.7/18/08 in Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.travel_stpierre24.jpg less A monument honoring fisherman lost at sea watches over the harbor in Saint-Pierre, its back to the Cathedral.

Scenes from around Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of ... more Photo: Spud Hilton, The Chronicle Image 9 of 11 Scenes from around Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French soil. It is a blend of Icelandic weather and geography and rural Normandy culture.SPECIFIC CUT TK.7/18/08 in Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.travel_stpierre102.jpg less Scenes from around Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, that is technically French soil. It is a blend of Icelandic weather and geography and rural ...

more Photo: Spud Hilton, The Chronicle Image 10 of 11 DO NOT USE; POSSIBLE CORRUPTIONSPECIFIC CUT TK.7/18/08 in Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.travel_stpierre26.jpg DO NOT USE; POSSIBLE CORRUPTIONSPECIFIC CUT TK.7/18/08 in Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.travel_stpierre26.jpg Photo: Spud Hilton, The Chronicle Image 11 of 11 Little slice of France off Newfoundland coast 1 / 11 Back to Gallery The simple, crowded boulangerie could not have been a more welcome sight. After stepping off the boat and clearing customs and immigration, I crossed the Place du Général DeGaulle - the grass still speckled with confetti from Bastille Day - and stepped inside, joining the fray jockeying for the last of the day's still-warm baguettes, boules and bâtards. I had traveled by boat from North America to France without eating or drinking the entire trip. Longest 55 minutes of my life.

Logically and geographically, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon should be in Canada, just a few more of the zillion or so islands off Newfoundland's scattershot coast. On paper, however, the eight-island archipelago is as much French soil as the Loire Valley or the Left Bank , a tiny satellite 15 miles from Canadian shores that is the only remaining French holding of New France, the massive colonial empire that once included half of Canada and the entire Louisiana Purchase. More importantly, these days it remains old-style France, untainted by globalization, immigration and industrialization and, unlike what locals call metropolitan France, it never suffered the catastrophic destruction from cycles of German occupation and U.S. liberation. Is it possible, then, that Saint-Pierre et Miquelon is more French than France? I had three days to experience an isolated slice of the Old World on the New World's doorstep, to chase the ghost of history's best-known bootlegger, to find the only guillotine used in North America and to determine whether this tiny dependency is just a rogue chunk of Canada with French flavoring, or if, at its heart, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon truly bleeds brie.

At just 10 square miles, Saint-Pierre is the smallest of the three inhabited islands of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (technically, a "territorial collectivity of France," hereafter referred to as SPM - the local license plate designation - to separate it from Saint-Pierre the island and town). It is a surprising blend of Icelandic weather and geography with the culture of a rural Normandy fishing village - only 2,600 miles from Paris. There are no vineyards, but there is no shortage of French wines that, sadly, you have to pay for with euros. The island is home to 90 percent of SPM's 7,000 residents, and almost all of those live within a half-mile of the snug, postcard-perfect harbor that we pulled into on the once-a-day ferry from Newfoundland's remote Burin Peninsula. It's not a place you drop in on, like Las Vegas on the way to the Grand Canyon. You have to want to come here. Between the flight into St. John's and a four-hour drive through moose-infested Newfoundland to catch the ferry, it literally took me longer to get to this French soil than if I had just flown to Paris.

Clutching my bags and my hard-won baguette, I checked into the waterfront Hotel Robert, where my third-floor window looked over the marina, filled now with sailboats of all sizes where once there had been a mighty armada of cod-fishing boats - the reason this rocky outpost was populated in the first place. Even in a wispy fog, the waterfront offers amazing and curious sights: the iconic clapboard Pointe aux Canons Lighthouse; the row of Easter egg-colored fishing shacks; the cranky-looking monument to mariners lost at sea; and Ile aux Marins, a low-lying islet in the middle of the bay with a long-abandoned settlement that in the mist seems like a village version of the Flying Dutchman. There is a lack of typical French outdoor cafes, but I chalked that up to the long North Atlantic winters and the 4 to 6 feet of snow that comes with them. A block inland, the squarish stone cathedral towers above a downtown blessedly lacking in buildings taller than three stories. Even with increasing tourism (mostly from French-speaking Canada and France), Saint-Pierre is still very much about local life.

The crooked 19th century streets that radiate from the harbor are lined with tiny shops offering basic services and necessities of life more than tourist trinkets (especially when the culture considers fine chocolate, wine and perfume "necessities of life"). Every six weeks, a cargo ship from France arrives to replenish shelves with French clothing, packaged foods, Peugeots, jewelry and, probably, enough foie gras to make a cardiologist's head explode. The mother tongue While most of the locals I met speak at least some English, the mother tongue is French. (Real French, they take pains to point out - not the French-Canadian variety.) Some phrases I had learned proved more useful than others, including "Merci beaucoup" (Thank you very much), "Tres bien" (Very good) and "Si ça c'est la France, où sont les plages monokini?" (If this is France, where's the topless beach?). Walking back toward the Place du Gen.

DeGaulle on largely unmarked streets, I marveled at the colors of homes and shops - blazing oranges, yellows, purples and greens so often used in frequently overcast places that make it seem as if the sun is shining on them all the time. Back at the hotel, I took a brief "tour" of the Musée de la Prohibition, a generously named side room off the lobby filled with 1920s collectibles, glass cases full of faded clippings and rum bottles, and big black-and-white photos showing Saint-Pierre men, women and children all cheerfully smuggling large shipments of wine and spirits destined for speakeasies in the States. On one wall was an enormous poster of Al Capone who, according to legend, spent some time at the Hotel Robert while overseeing a huge bootlegging operation. Because of its location and ability to import all manner of booze, SPM became filthy rich during U.S. Prohibition, launching fully loaded rum-runner boats to clandestine drops along the Eastern Seaboard. Many homes built during the boom times include at least some planks labeled " Cutty Sark ." Conversely, it suffered economic collapse when the booze ban was repealed in 1933.

I had read about Capone's dealings here and it seemed necessary to pay tribute to the mobster's spirit in one of the few places he isn't remembered as a murderous thug, especially in the same hotel where he walked the halls and managed operations - and, probably, planned murderous thuggery. How to pay tribute? Over a glass of whisky, of course. The liquor shop, however, was closed for the night, so Al would just have to wait. No early bird specials Authentic local (French) cuisine is easy to find here. The trick is timing your hunger. I had spent the day on a funky, laid-back tour of Miquelon and Langlade, the larger, less-populated islands, including driving the isthmus that connects them (a byproduct of the 95 ships that managed to crash and sink there). After a 50-minute Zodiac boat ride back home through the horror-movie fog (which explains the wrecks), I was ready for a meal with an obscene number of courses. I popped into Restaurant Ile du France around 6:30 fully expecting a mob - only to find the place empty but for two women folding napkins.

They seemed not to understand, confused either by the language barrier or the foreign concept of starting a meal before 9 p.m. Returning a couple hours later to a full, rollicking dining room, I made every effort to make the meal last two hours, per French tradition. I ordered extra courses, dutifully sipped several glasses of very good (and very inexpensive) wine, and leisurely savored the meal and the mood of the room, thick with passionate French and melodic laughter. Still, I only clocked in at an hour and 20 minutes. The missing ingredient? Conversation. It's tough to eavesdrop in another language. Wandering the Saint-Pierre streets the next morning, I turned a corner and ran into a brass band belting out a French marching song and leading a motley procession through the narrow streets to the steps of City Hall. More odd than the midday procession was finding an American - the first since arriving - playing flute in the town band. Amy Basle told me she and her husband, Thierry, both San Francisco State University graduates, moved here five years ago, mostly to escape the Bay Area's tenuous job market and insane housing prices. Along the way, she fell in love.

"It's very authentic. You still have the little butcher shop, the pastry shop. There's no fast food here, no coffee to go," she said. "You get a real intimate view of France. French flavor that hasn't been globalized." What's the secret of SPM's French-ness, I asked. "Some people think it's more French here than in France because it's an island. People preserve the French traditions," she said. Proving her point, she invoked Old World hospitality and insisted I have dinner at their home. But first, I had to toast Mr. Capone. It turns out no one at the liquor store had ever heard of Cutty Sark (despite the history), so I settled instead on an amber Caribbean rum with a comely woman on the label wearing some fruit and a smile. Al would understand. I had noticed earlier that the Musée de la Prohibition, while earnest and cheerfully disorganized, lacked specifics. So I cornered one of the Hotel Robert clerks and grilled her about the hotel's enduring relationship with Monsieur Capone: How long did he stay here? Weeks? Months? "For one night," she said. Really? OK. What room?

"Oh, everything has been demolished since then," she said matter-of-factly, then paused. "Can you imagine? There was one bathroom for seven rooms." And with that she trundled off to change linens and, probably, reminisce fondly about life before English-speaking tourists. A guest is a guest, I thought, and I trundled off to commune with spirits - one kind or another. Heading off to find guillotine It took several days to sink in, but it's possible that SPM has more museums per capita than anywhere this side of London, about 1 per 1,000 people. By my last day, I had seen 4,000 residents' worth and had yet to find the famed Saint-Pierre guillotine. In my quest to measure the French-ness, I could think of few things more iconic than a guillotine, France's longtime blade of choice for removing heads of state. The contraption I sought is the only one ever used in North America - and only once: convicted murderer Auguste Neel on Aug. 24, 1889.

After Neel's sentencing, Saint-Pierre officials had the guillotine shipped from Martinique, although it arrived broken and had to be rebuilt. (The movie "The Widow of Saint-Pierre" is based on the story, although it doesn't help explain why they didn't just ship Neel to Martinique.) My search had been thwarted, however, by directions lost in translation, subtle differences in museum names and bad timing in a place that turns into a ghost town each weekday from noon to 2 p.m., the leisurely lunch "hour" that is so much a part of French life. It turned out the guillotine is at the Musée de l'Arche (not the Musée Héritage), so I went there on my last day, hours before the ferry was to leave. I had avoided asking about it - not wanting to appear a blood-thirsty American - but time was getting short. "S'il vous plait. Où est le guillotine?" I asked the clerk, risking the possibility that I might have just suggested he use it on me. Behind the stairs, he said, pointing to a spot I had walked past two days earlier without seeing the artifact.

I peered over the railing into the only space in the building tall enough to house the gruesome gadget. The wooden framework was worn, the paint was faded and the blade was pitted, but otherwise it looked as ready for its grisly task as it probably did in 1889. Not unlike the islands, it was an artifact of the Old World, isolated from change, but by walls instead of distance. Walking back to the ferry dock in a light rain, I ducked into the same boulangerie, but the day's baguettes were gone. The clerk suggested a croque-monsieur, a grill-pressed sandwich with ham and some unpronounceable cheese, but in a baguette - essentially, a French panini sub. A variation as good as the original. How apropos. I ate half and saved the rest for the long voyage back to the Americas - although I was pretty sure it wouldn't make it that far. Five cool things about SPM 1. Locals play pelota, the traditional Basque sport that is, essentially, handball with elongated ping-pong paddles and a black rubber ball the size of an apricot. 2.

Lots and lots of good French wine, priced for French citizens. 3. France's socialized health care, which covers everyone for everything, including flying patients free of charge to Canada or France for appointments with specialists. 4. Did we mention the wine? 5. There are no monuments or film festivals honoring the "comic genius" of Jerry Lewis. If you go GETTING THERE St. Pierre Tours (800) 563-2006; /) operates the ferry from Fortune, Newfoundland, using two ships that also visit Miquelon. Check the convoluted schedule online - daily crossings are only during high season (July and August). The company sells round-trip fares packaged with Hotel Robert lodging at a significant discount. Round-trip only per adult, $85. Air Saint-Pierre (877) 277-7765, ) offers flights to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon from Montreal; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Sydney; and St. John's, Newfoundland. WHERE TO STAY The Hotel Robert has unremarkable rooms (43), although the location is convenient and the restaurant is pleasant. Book through St.

Pierre Tours, (800) 563-2006. For a package including the ferry and three nights' stay, I paid $336 Hotel Ile de France (6, rue Maître Georges Lefèvre ; from the United States, call (011) 508 41-03-50; ). Upscale 24-room hotel two blocks from the town square; excellent restaurant. Rates start at $63 during the off-season. WHERE TO EAT Restaurant Ile de France (inside Hotel Ile de France). Traditional French cuisine and pizza. Entrees: $11.50-$24. Le Maringouin'fre (22, rue Général Leclerc; (011) 508 41-36-79) Casual and budget-minded Breton crepes, steaks, hamburgers, soups, salads and snacks. Entrees: $7.60-$11.50. WHAT TO DO Chez Janot tour, (011) 508 41-28-09.

All-day tour of Langlade and Miquelon includes boat ride, lunch and digestifs. $70.50. Museums: Musée Héritage, Rue Maître Georges Lefèvre (011) 508 41-58-88; admission $5.12 Musée de l'Arche, Rue du 11 Novembre; (011) 508 41-04-35; admission $5.75. FOR MORE INFORMATION The tourist information center is immediately across from the Customs House as you get off the boat. Visit . Chronology A few relevant dates in the history of what is now the Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 8,000 years ago: Islands serve as seasonal base for indigenous peoples, including the Beothuk. 1520: Named the Eleven Thousand Virgins by Joao Alvarrez Faquendes of Portugal. 1536: Renamed Green Islands by the Corto Real brothers; renamed Island of Saint-Pierre by Jacques Cariter. 1579: Miquelon named by Basque fishermen.

Late 16th century: Settled by the French to establish an operation for processing cod. 1713: French forced into exile in Nova Scotia because of Treaty of Utrecht. 1763: Capt. James Cook sails by, comments on the plentiful cod and equally plentiful fog. Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years War; France gets Saint-Pierre, England gets Canada. 1816: French finally gain permanent control after being deported twice more (1778 and 1793). 1889: Only time a guillotine is used in North America. World War I: 1 in 4 of islands' conscripts are killed. 1919: United States ratifies Prohibition; Saint-Pierre's port becomes haven for bootleggers, including mobster Al Capone. 1933: U.S. Prohibition repealed; Saint-Pierre economy collapses. World War II: Gen. Charles DeGaulle's Free French liberate the island from a Vichy-friendly government in 1941. Canada considers an invasion, based on assertion that Vichy-controlled radio stations are guiding German subs, but abandons the plan.

So this is France? Saint-Pierre et Miquelon is one of 16 overseas territories and dependencies held by France. Among the lesser-known are: Ile de la Passion (Clipperton Island) Location: Pacific Ocean, 800 miles southwest of Acapulco Population: None Official designation: Overseas possession Background: The 3.4-square-mile atoll was claimed by France (1858), Mexico (1897) and a Mexican lighthouse keeper (1917) who went insane, declared himself king and tried to kill the other stranded inhabitants. At the request of the Vatican, the King of Italy arbitrated the dispute in 1930, ruling for the French. (President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to annex it for an air base and visited the tiny island twice.) Fun fact: If anyone lived there, they would use the euro. Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands Location: South Pacific, 230 miles west of Samoa Population: 15,200 Background: A volcanic archipelago with three main islands, the largest two of which (Wallis Island and Futuna) are 160 miles apart.

Despite a French government, three traditional kings have limited power over three "chiefdom districts." Official designation: Overseas territory of France Fun fact: French law applies in most cases, although the kings administer "customary law." Réunion Saint Pierre and Miquelon/Transportation - definition of Saint Pierre and Miquelon/Transportation by The Free Dictionary Saint Pierre and Miquelon/Transportation - definition of Saint Pierre and Miquelon/Transportation by The Free Dictionary Also found in: Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . Saint Pi·erre and Mi·que·lon (sānt′ pîr′, pē-âr′, săN pyĕr′; mĭk′ə-lŏn′, mē-klôN′) A French island group and overseas territory in the northern Atlantic Ocean south of Newfoundland, Canada. The two main islands include Saint Pierre, site of the capital, also named Saint Pierre, and Miquelon, the largest of the islands. Settled by Basque and Norman fishermen in 1604, the islands were taken by the British three times and finally awarded to France in 1814. They are the sole remnants of the once vast French territory in North America.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint pierre and miquelon | Define Saint pierre and miquelon at Dictionary.com Saint Pierre and Miquelon noun 1. an archipelago in the Atlantic, off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas department of France, the only remaining French possession in North America; consists of the islands of St Pierre, with most of the population, and Miquelon, about ten times as large; fishing industries. Capital: St Pierre. Pop: 5774 (2013 est). Area: 242 sq km (94 sq miles) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 People invent new words all the time, but which ones actually make it?

Word of the Day Pierre definition | English definition dictionary | Reverso Pierre n a city in central South Dakota, capital of the state, on the Missouri River. Pop.: 12906 (1990) Saint Pierre (French) n usually abbreviated to , St Pierre a former town on the coast of the French island of Martinique, destroyed by the eruption of Mont Pelée in 1902 Saint-Pierre (French) n Jacques Henri Bernardin de (ʒak ɑ̃ri bɛrnardɛ̃ də).

1737--1814, French author; his work, which was greatly influenced by the writings of Rousseau, includes Voyage à l'Île de France (1773), Études de la nature (1784, 1788), and La chaumière indienne (1791) Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French) n usually abbreviated to , St Pierre and Miquelon an archipelago in the Atlantic, off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas department of France, the only remaining French possession in North America; consists of the islands of St Pierre, with most of the population, and Miquelon, about ten times as large; fishing industries. Capital: St Pierre. Pop.: 6392 (1990). Area: 242 sq. km (94 sq. miles) English Collins Dictionary - English Definition & Thesaurus See also: St pierre et miquelon - definition of St pierre et miquelon by The Free Dictionary St pierre et miquelon - definition of St pierre et miquelon by The Free Dictionary Also found in: Encyclopedia , Wikipedia .

Saint Pi·erre and Mi·que·lon (sānt′ pîr′, pē-âr′, săN pyĕr′; mĭk′ə-lŏn′, mē-klôN′) A French island group and overseas territory in the northern Atlantic Ocean south of Newfoundland, Canada. The two main islands include Saint Pierre, site of the capital, also named Saint Pierre, and Miquelon, the largest of the islands. Settled by Basque and Norman fishermen in 1604, the islands were taken by the British three times and finally awarded to France in 1814. They are the sole remnants of the once vast French territory in North America. Saint Pierre and Miquelon Techstars Boston has a French flavor this year Techstars Boston has a French flavor this year Feb 2, 2012 Contact author France’s last remaining territory in North America (not including the Caribbean) is Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon , an archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland with just over 6,000 residents. But if recent developments are any indication, it seems that the French have designs on the startup hotbed of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

That’s where two hot Gallic startups, DocTrackr and Psykosoft , will be spending the next 3.5 months as participants in the prestigious TechStars Boston program, which kicked off last week. DocTrackr , from Paris, provides tracking and metrics for documents. Led by co-founders Clement Cazalot and Alex Negrea, DocTrackr participated in the first session of Le Camping, and has been working with clients, including SNCF, since last summer. Psykosoft is from Tours, and they make creative software that includes Psykopaint , which allows you to edit photos to make them look like paintings. Co-founders Mathieu Gosselin and Clement Thiery built Psykopaint as a school project 2.5 years ago, but last year they decided to form a company, and their future projects will focus on music and video.They were a Seedcamp company in 2011. Let’s all feel warm and fuzzy here for a minute As far as we can tell, DocTrackr and Psykosoft are the first two French companies to be accepted at either TechStars or Y Combinator, so this is a pretty great moment for the French tech scene in general.

And they’re both planning on returning to France when the program ends, so we’ll get to learn a lot from their experiences. But there are some more specific winners here:Le Camping – This is another big score for the Paris accelerator program. Although it might seem somewhat odd for a company to go from one accelerator to another, DocTrackr CTO Alex Negrea points out that Le Camping allowed them to validate their idea. “Le Camping accelerates at an earlier stage than TechStars, so it worked out really well for us,” he said. Foreigners in France – One of the coolest stories here is that of Aaron O’Hearn, currently the program manager at TechStars Boston, and formerly the entrepreneur-in-residence at Le Camping. “Living in Paris and launching Le Camping exposed me to a new world of culture and people,” he said, adding that he encouraged the DocTrackr team to apply because he wanted them to have a similar experience. Aaron didn’t come to Paris speaking fluent French, but he was still able to connect with startups. Even though he didn’t stay, he’s now a valuable connection to the US scene.

I’d love to see dozens more Aarons from around the world spending time in Paris as founders, hackers, or mentors, and keeping the City of Lights in mind wherever they go next. The Rest of France – Psykosoft’s CEO, Mathieu Gosselin, admits that his company might not come from a hotbed of tech entrepreneurship. “There’s not much of a tech startup scene is Tours,” he said. But non-Paris France is big, and there are other hotspots, and we should remember that cool tech can come from anywhere. (Seriously, upload a photo to Psykopaint — it’s cool.) We hope you guys like eating beans and chowder The only puzzling aspect is: why would anyone want to go to Boston in the middle of the winter? Well, according to DocTrackr, the timing worked out perfectly. Gosselin, of Psykosoft, was more enthusiastic: “I came to Boston last year and felt much more aligned with the culture and people here than in New York or San Francisco.

It’s also the intellectual capital of the US.” We’re not sure we’re ready to believe that last statement, but we are happy there’s a bit of Nouvelle-France in New England these next few months. Transportation in Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Article about Transportation in Saint Pierre and Miquelon by The Free Dictionary Transportation in Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Article about Transportation in Saint Pierre and Miquelon by The Free Dictionary Also found in: Dictionary , Wikipedia . Related to Transportation in Saint Pierre and Miquelon: Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (săN pyĕr, mēkəlôN`), French territorial collectivity (2005 est. pop. 7,000), 93 sq mi (241 sq km), consisting of nine small islands S of Newfoundland, Canada, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The capital is Saint Pierre Saint Pierre , town (2006 pop. 5,509), capital of the French territorial collectivity of St. Pierre and Miquelon, on the E coast of St. Pierre island. St. Pierre is the administrative and commmercial center of the islands.

..... Click the link for more information. on the island of the same name. Miquelon (83 sq mi/215 sq km) is the largest island. Most of the population live in or near the capital and earn their living by fishing. The islands are barren, rocky, and often fogbound, but their proximity to the Grand Banks Grand Banks, submarine plateau rising from the continental shelf, c.36,000 sq mi (93,200 sq km), off SE Newfoundland, N.L., Canada. It is c.300 mi (480 km) long and c.400 mi (640 km) wide; depths range from 20 to 100 fathoms. ..... Click the link for more information. makes them a valuable base for fishermen. Fish processing and the servicing of fishing fleets are the main industries. There is some tourism. In April and October, Norman and Breton fishermen come from France to fish. There is a 19-seat legislature, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon elect one representative to the French Senate and one to the French National Assembly.

A thirty-year boundary dispute between France and Canada over offshore fishing rights was resolved in 1992. The French zone consists of waters within a 24-mi (38.6-km) limit of the two islands and also includes a 10.5-mi-wide (16.9-km) corridor leading south 200 mi (322 km) to international waters. History Probably first settled by Basques, the islands were colonized by France in 1604. They were taken by the British (1713) but returned to France in 1763; twice retaken by the British, they were restored to France in 1814, with the provision that they be unfortified. They were granted local autonomy in 1935, became an overseas department in 1976, and reclassified as a territorial collectivity in 1985 to comply with European Community (now European Union) trade regulations.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon an archipelago in the Atlantic, off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas department of France, the only remaining French possession in North America; consists of the islands of St Pierre, with most of the population, and Miquelon, about ten times as large; fishing industries. Capital: St Pierre. Pop.: 6000 (2003 est.). Area: 242 sq. km (94 sq. miles) St. pierre et miquelon | Article about St. pierre et miquelon by The Free Dictionary St. pierre et miquelon | Article about St. pierre et miquelon by The Free Dictionary Also found in: Dictionary , Wikipedia . Saint Pierre and Miquelon (săN pyĕr, mēkəlôN`), French territorial collectivity (2005 est. pop. 7,000), 93 sq mi (241 sq km), consisting of nine small islands S of Newfoundland, Canada, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The capital is Saint Pierre Saint Pierre , town (2006 pop.

5,509), capital of the French territorial collectivity of St. Pierre and Miquelon, on the E coast of St. Pierre island. St. Pierre is the administrative and commmercial center of the islands. ..... Click the link for more information. on the island of the same name. Miquelon (83 sq mi/215 sq km) is the largest island. Most of the population live in or near the capital and earn their living by fishing. The islands are barren, rocky, and often fogbound, but their proximity to the Grand Banks Grand Banks, submarine plateau rising from the continental shelf, c.36,000 sq mi (93,200 sq km), off SE Newfoundland, N.L., Canada. It is c.300 mi (480 km) long and c.400 mi (640 km) wide; depths range from 20 to 100 fathoms. ..... Click the link for more information. makes them a valuable base for fishermen. Fish processing and the servicing of fishing fleets are the main industries. There is some tourism. In April and October, Norman and Breton fishermen come from France to fish.

There is a 19-seat legislature, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon elect one representative to the French Senate and one to the French National Assembly. A thirty-year boundary dispute between France and Canada over offshore fishing rights was resolved in 1992. The French zone consists of waters within a 24-mi (38.6-km) limit of the two islands and also includes a 10.5-mi-wide (16.9-km) corridor leading south 200 mi (322 km) to international waters. History Probably first settled by Basques, the islands were colonized by France in 1604. They were taken by the British (1713) but returned to France in 1763; twice retaken by the British, they were restored to France in 1814, with the provision that they be unfortified. They were granted local autonomy in 1935, became an overseas department in 1976, and reclassified as a territorial collectivity in 1985 to comply with European Community (now European Union) trade regulations.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon an archipelago in the Atlantic, off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas department of France, the only remaining French possession in North America; consists of the islands of St Pierre, with most of the population, and Miquelon, about ten times as large; fishing industries. Capital: St Pierre. Pop.: 6000 (2003 est.). Area: 242 sq. km (94 sq. miles) Saint Pierre and Miquelon - WordReference.com Dictionary of English Saint Pierre and Miquelon Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Saint Pierre and Miquelon /ˌmɪkəˈlɒn; French: miklɔ̃/ n usually abbreviated to: St Pierre and Miquelon an archipelago in the Atlantic, off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas department of France, the only remaining French possession in North America; consists of the islands of St Pierre, with most of the population, and Miquelon, about ten times as large; fishing industries. Capital: St Pierre. Pop: 6000 (2003 est).

Area: 242 sq km (94 sq miles) 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon' also found in these entries: Forum discussions with the word(s) "Saint Pierre and Miquelon" in the title: No titles with the word(s) "Saint Pierre and Miquelon". St Pierre and Miquelon - definition of St Pierre and Miquelon in English | Oxford Dictionaries Definition of St Pierre and Miquelon in English: St Pierre and Miquelon proper noun A group of eight small islands in the North Atlantic, off the south coast of Newfoundland; population 7,100 (est. 2009). An overseas territory of France, the islands form the last remaining French possession in North America. Pronunciation Which of the following is correct? The climatic battle is poorly filmed The climactic battle is poorly filmed Which of the following is correct? Methane could cause climatic catastrophes Methane could cause climactic catastrophes Which of the following is correct? I loved the climatic chase sequence I loved the climactic chase sequence Which of the following is correct? The movie has a couple of climatic shocks The movie has a couple of climactic shocks Which of the following is correct?

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Question: Which archipelago, off the coast of Newfoundland, is the last remaining French possession in North America?
Answer: ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON